servers
Computing

Google’s Data Centres Use Less Electricity Than You Think

Google has never been upfront about its electricity usage, but with all those data centres, its power consumption was expected to be enormous. Apparently, these estimates have been way off.

July 27, 2011
News

How The 2004 Presidential Election May Have Been Hacked

Ohio’s 2004 presidential election is one many won’t forget. Democrat John Kerry was the leader and exit polls pegged him as the winner. Defying explanation, a last-minute shift in votes favoured Republican George W. Bush and propelled him to victory.

Entertainment

Make Your Music Server Military Grade

Matan Arazi has a better sound system than you do. In this interview with the designer of the Audeeva Conbrio music server, Arazi lays out general and specific steps to make your music server sing.

July 26, 2011
Computing

Microsoft Wants To Heat Your Home With A Cloud Server

Microsoft, ever mindful of the future, has figured out a great way to stay toasty. With a cloud server! Umm, what?

June 22, 2011
Online

FBI Raids Data Centre, Seizes Servers, Knocks Big Sites Offline

For reasons unknown, the FBI raided a data centre and seized several servers, causing known online brands, including Pinboard and those in the Curbed network, to go offline.

May 19, 2011
Computing

What’s Apple’s Other Giant New Data Center For?

Apple’s ginormous data centre in North Carolina has—or had?—been shrouded in mystery for some time now. But did you know that they just inked a deal on another iData haven, nearly as big, in SoCal? But what for?

May 3, 2011
Computing

How To Turn Your Computer Into The Ultimate Remote Access Media Server

If you’re out of the house a lot but still want access to files on your home computer, one of the best ways to solve that problem involves setting up your computer as a remotely accessible home media server. Here’s a look at how to not only access your files (and control your computer) remotely, but also share files with others, stream music and video, access your photo library, and a whole lot more.

April 22, 2011
Online

When Amazon Cloud Goes Down, Your Internet Time Sucks Go Too

Amazon’s EC2 cloud storage service had some problems while we were all sleeping last night (Read: IT CRASHED), causing a few websites we’ve come to know and love to take a brief nap (Read: THEY CRASHED).

April 10, 2011
Geek Out

Server Porn: Inside Facebook’s Gleaming Green Data Center

Facebook recently took the wraps off its shiny new data centre in Prineville, Oregon and—courtesy the Open Compute Project—we’ve learned the whole massive thing sounds lean, mean and relatively green.

March 8, 2011
Mobile

Why Mobile Sites Can Be So Frustrating

Who do you blame when a site keeps redirecting you to its mobile homepage? The server with the attention span of a concussed gnat, that’s who. Explains so much, solves so little. [xkcd]

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